http://blog.newsok.com/afghanistan-iraq Just another Blog.newsok.com weblog Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:34:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Just another Blog.newsok.com weblog On the Line: Embedded journalism from Iraq and Afghanistan with Mike and Carlos Boettcher no Just another Blog.newsok.com weblog http://blog.newsok.com/afghanistan-iraq/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.newsok.com/afghanistan-iraq/category/mike-boettcher/ http://blog.newsok.com/afghanistan-iraq/2009/07/13/from-beirut-to-helmand/ http://blog.newsok.com/afghanistan-iraq/2009/07/13/from-beirut-to-helmand/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:34:16 +0000 mike boettcher http://blog.newsok.com/afghanistan-iraq/?p=478 I remember August 25, 1982, well. I was one of about 50 reporters standing on a south Beirut beach as the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment came a....

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